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The voices for healthy kids campaign and US state legislation to prevent childhood obesity

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  • Bleich, S.N.
  • Jones-Smith, J.
  • Jones, H.
  • O'Hara, M.
  • Rutkow, L.

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We documented childhood obesity legislative activity in all 50 US states that occurred in parallel to the first year of Voices for Healthy Kids (Voices), a campaign to mobilize evidence-based legislation addressing childhood obesity. Weidentified 217 bills in the year before Voices (November 2012 to October 2013) and 304 bills at follow-up (November 2013 to October 2014). In states with active Voices grantees, the bill enactment rate was 50% higher (increasing from 10% at baseline to 15% at follow-up).

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  • Bleich, S.N. & Jones-Smith, J. & Jones, H. & O'Hara, M. & Rutkow, L., 2016. "The voices for healthy kids campaign and US state legislation to prevent childhood obesity," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 106(3), pages 436-439.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2015.303002_3
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.303002
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